Inherit the Wind

[SidewinderX]

From the movie of the title ^^^^^


"When man first sat upright, he saw the stars. He thought they were somehting to eat. When he realized he couldn't reach them, he decided that they were the groceries of some greater being. Thus G-d was born. "


Discuss.

 

[LoneDeranger]

Yep, with Matrix Reloaded responsible for a hefty portion of that gibberish.

 

[Fender357]

yeah

 

[The DemonWithin]

Stars dont look like food to me.

 

[N0N1337H41]

Originally posted by LoneDeranger
Yep, with Matrix Reloaded responsible for a hefty portion of that gibberish.

I only know of one other person (other than myself) that doesn't think this same way. I thought the movie was very deep, and I didn't feel at any point that it was pseudo-intellectual. I think that it's a movie who's plot is grounded completely in philosophy/theology. Then they threw amazing special effects and action sequences. I've NEVER been able to convince someone that it's not just gibberish (I usually give up before I make much head-way). But there is a reason that people have taken the time to write whole books having to do with the philisophical issues presented in the Matrix. And Reloaded just takes the themes deeper. My opinion.

 

[Javert]

The Matrix (Part I) was much better at attempts of philosophy than Reloaded. Sure there were questions of actuality and cause/effect, but they were only mentioned and never dug deeper into.

There are lots of arguments for and against God.
Against God:
He can neither be omnipotent (all-powerful) and omnisicient (all-knowing) at the same time.
History has contradicted itself both in reality and the Bible.
How can He be loving and vengeful at the same time?
Why did he create evil? (This one is not one of the stronger arguments, ironically, it has been used the most).
For God:
The Cheap Way: "He works in mysterious ways".
The non-Cheap Way: He works in mysterious ways in that though I can not prove his existence, no one else can prove his non-existence, thus it is a matter of faith.

Pascal, a philosopher (who was also a heavy gambler), decided the odds were best if you believed in God, since whether there was One or not, you would not get busted.
St. Augustine had the best arguments for God, calling him, in a sense, the Highest Reason.

The Matrix dealt more with reality and the knowledge of reality (philosophers call this field epistomology, don't ask me why). If the architect in "Reloaded" was meant to be symbolic for God, they didn't make that clear enough at all.
However, Neo IS a symbol for Jesus (Matrix Pt. I was released on Easter Friday btw) with his death and rebirth. However, he will be betrayed by a loved one (Cypher did not destroy him and was meant to be the traitor only if a sequel couldn't be made). But who? *dun dun dun...